Clara heads off to dreamland with her toy soldier in Nashville Ballet's 'Nashville's Nutcracker.'

Written by

Amy Stumpfl
For The Tennessean

The temperatures may be freezing outside. But the splendid return of "Nashville's Nutcracker" is guaranteed to warm your heart.

First unveiled by Nashville Ballet in 2008, "Nashville's Nutcracker" provides a welcome twist on the traditional story by re-setting the action in 1897, just after the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. ...